Our Mission

The Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund is a charitable trust that seeks to honor Massachusetts Fallen Servicemen and Servicewomen, who died while supporting military operations post 9/11, by providing educational assistance grants to their children.

Children qualify if their parent in the military died supporting the global war on terrorism and whose death was credited to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There is no selection process. If the child is a son or daughter of a Serviceman or Woman whose service is credited to Massachusetts and gave his/her life in Operation Enduring or Iraqi Freedom, that child then qualifies for funds. To date, over 110 Servicemembers from Massachusetts have been killed. Of these casualties, 50 were parents who left behind a total of 81 children, ranging in age from newborns to twenty seven years of age. All of these children are now eligible to receive funding through the MSLF program.

All contributions to the MSLF are collected and pooled together in an investment account that is managed on a pro-bono basis by GW & Wade Asset Management in Wellesley, MA. In an effort to preserve donor contributions, the MSLF Board of Trustees has adopted an investment strategy with low market risk.